Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Anesthesia Management of Pediatric Victims After the February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş Earthquake at a Third‐Level Hospital
Authors' conclusion
The findings of our study may serve as a guide for anesthesia management and perioperative processes in pediatric earthquake victims in future disaster scenarios.
Study context
- Population
- Child earthquake victims under 18 who underwent anesthesia after the February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş earthquake362 surgical interventions
- Participants
- 45 participants
- Outcome
- Anesthesia techniques applied; time-under-rubble cutoff for crush syndrome and creatine kinase cutoff for AKI
Methodological detailssingle-centre, tertiary care pediatric hospital
- Single-centre
- Tertiary care pediatric hospital
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Anesthesia management and predictive cutoffs
Airway management: nasal O2 support
44.0%
Airway management: SGA
43.2%
Time under debris cutoff strongly predicting crush syndrome
≥ 22.5 min
Creatine kinase cutoff strongly predicting AKI
≥ 32 029 IU/L
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Injury Severity Score
- Mean Injury Severity Score
- 22.18 (95% CI: 19.17-25.18)
Airway management
- Nasal O2 support
- 44.0%
- SGA
- 43.2%
- Most commonly used techniques
Original publication
Anesthesia Management of Pediatric Victims After the February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş Earthquake at a Third‐Level Hospital. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 21 August 2025. doi:10.
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